Bad verbal habits tend to annoy most people. I don’t think it is these words that are the problem, but how they are used as crutches for these monstrous verbal habits. Do we find umhs, huhs, and ahhs less annoying?

We do in fact. At the end of the day, it’s probably one of the most distracting speaking habits used. In the Army, we had to conduct lectures in various Warrant Officer professional development courses and you were graded harshly for ums and ahs. They like, counted them, right?

But the fact of the matter is that we all do it. It’s a brain pause I’ve been told while trying to form your next phenomenal sentence. I still hate it.

I also hate it when military folks can only come up with military experiences when they try to relate to you.